"The work we'll do in space will closely relate to our life on Earth," says Israel's first private astronaut
During the opening events of Israeli Space Week, as part of the 16th International Ilan Ramon Conference, Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe spoke about his upcoming mission to the International Space Station (ISS) set to take place in October. During the Ramon Science Communications Conference sponsored by the Ramon Foundation and Calcalist, which was held online due to Covid-19 restrictions, Stibbe related that former NASA astronaut Garrett Resiman was partially behind the inspiration to send Stibbe to space. Reisman, a former consultant at SpaceX was head of the company’s Dragon spacecraf...
Source: calcalistech.com